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Francisco Bunag vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

FRANCISCO BUNAG, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ESTRUDES BAUTISTA Vda. de BITUIN and BRUNO BAUTISTA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-39013 | 1988-02-29

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

The core of the controversy in this case is a thumbmarked, non-notarized and non-witnessed deed of sale of a parcel of unregistered land, which on its face cannot but cause a prudent man to doubt its due execution and authenticity.
The facts are briefly summarized in the decision of the Court of Appeals:

The evidence of the plaintiff consisting of the sole testimony of said plaintiff is to the effect that the property in question was originally owned by his father Apolonio Bunag Aguas as shown by Tax Declaration Nos. 546 for 1941 and 320 for 1960 (Exhs. B & E), located at San Nicolas, Betis, Pampanga; that...